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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Understanding What It Takes To Be A Web Designer

By Julie Brown

If you were to hire some web design company
so they will handle your site, it could become an astonishingly costly
venture. In addition, the money spent is not a guarantee that you will
like the results. There's a possibility that they might not design it
the way you envisioned. You are the only person who knows exactly what
you want. Keep these tips in mind to create a good design for your site.

Remember that you don't really have to spend a lot of money to design a
nice website. There are certainly expensive design tools out there, but
many companies offer software with similar features at a fraction of the
cost. There is quite a bit of free, open source web design software
available that performs admirably when compared to nonfree alternatives.
Open source software ultimately saves you a great deal of money.

Avoid having pop-up windows on your website. While popup adverts can
help you to generate some income from your website, they are also likely
to frustrate your visitors. When you add pop-up windows to your
website, you run the risk of frustrating people to the point that they
won't come back.

If you want your website to get more visitors, take care to use
relevant, up-to-date meta tags on every page of your site. Quality and
relevant meta tags will provide search engines with information
regarding your site. Tags that incorrectly label your site can cause
visitors searching for your site's niche to not find the site, reducing
the number of hits.

You should update your content and get rid of expired content regularly.
If a reader lands on your page and sees an expired offer, it will
definitely be a deal-breaker. Readers want current information and want
to feel safe in dealing with a company that is on top of things. Set a
schedule to review the site, to ensure that outdated information is
removed, and fresh new content is added in its place.

Buy books that can help you become a great web designer. Be sure to
start out reading books that are at your current level. You want to
learn more, though you do not want to skip important information as you
are learning, so that you miss something that can help you become
amazing at web designing.

Make a favicon just for your site. This small graphic will give your
site more recognition in case a visitor decides to bookmark your
website. You will stand out amongst all of their bookmarks! When
designing a favicon, ensure it's consistent with the logo and theme of
your site.

If you design websites, think of yourself as an artist. To become an
artist, you need to learn how to appreciate the beauty of everything
that surrounds you, and you need to learn how to take inspiration from
this beauty. Take down notes on a new idea as soon as it comes to you.
If you're at a restaurant, use your napkin for notepaper. Or if you are
not in a position to jot things down, give your cellphone a call and
leave yourself a message so you can pick it up at a later time.

As you can now see, web designing does not have to be confusing. The
more you know about it, the easier it will be for you to design a
website that meets your needs. With the advice from this article, you
have what you need to start moving forward.